Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-10-28 | Page 15 | Holdup Robs Loan Concern of $325 Cash

ROBS fLOAN LOAN CONCERN OF CASH Red-Handed Red Gunman I Locks I I in Room The thirteenth thirteen instalment ment of f Salt Lake ake City's crIm wave Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day y remained unsolved as police were vere re without clues to the robbery rob rob- bery ry Tuesday afternoon of the Budget Sy System tem Inc Motor aven avenue ave aye n nue uc c involving a lone red handed unman gunman It lt was the second largest robbery 1 In the peri period d surpassed only by the oi 04 ro robbery bery two months ago of the W. W T. T Grant company South Main Main street I Th The currency was handed over to toe the e gunman wearing orange sun spectacles by Hugh Barker 39 of 1429 Princeton avenue office manager man man- ager cr as he and his secretary Miss Rose Rose ose Malcolm 29 of Bountiful W Worked behind a grilled cage Appears Nervous 1 I Appearing nervous the robber entered entered en en- through a rear door at p pl m. m Mr Barker said I Put em up the gunman comI com com- I suddenly appearing in front ont of the cage and pointing an pistol at atthe the pair Give rne e the dough he said to Mr Bar Bar- ker er er around and get it the manager invited Warning his victims to remain the robber then said to Mr arker w you cut the phone wires nd d hurry up about it it Mr Barker arker used scissors to cu cut a anre are avire vire re on one of two telephones and hen ordered to cut the other one old the robber that the one wire both telephones Now give me the dough the theo o obber ber again ordered whereupon fr r. r Barker took the currency from In a table and handed it ver The The robber stuffed the money into ns Ils IS pocket and then locked his violins vIc vio lins ims inside a lavatory at the rear of th lie he e office Mr Barker entered first and nd d when Miss Malcolm hesitated he h-e gunman said j Get Get in there I wont won't hurt you a ady ly at ot AI A- A K Breaks From Room I Mr Barker broke out of the lava- lava ory and ran out the front door in ime me to see the robber going east m n Motor avenue preparing to ener en- en er r the Social Hall garage Seeing Hr fr r. r Barker he began to return and andI I he lie manager thinking he might be phot ot returned to the office Not fU realizing one telephone was still working he be called police from the garage arage Officers searched the neighborhood neighbor neighbor- hood without finding a trace of the gunman Mr Barker told police he believed the he robber had been in the office ll ring Saturday night rush hours a observe the rear entrance and here the money was kept A woman wo- wo man ban nan from the Belvedere cleaners ross cross the street also told police f he had seen a man loitering ob- ob around the loan company office Monday night Police were depending on Miss Malcolm alcolm for identification of any Small and attractive she his fl las s worked for the firm two and half ne-half years IT iI I was frozen to the floor when turned and saw that gun pointing through rough the cage she said Ill ways remember what the man l looked ked like He had thin lips and freckled hands and there was redd reddish redish red- red d dish ish sh hair on his hands Pistol Empty R Ir fr Barker said it was the first robbery of the office He too said saidi h he i would remember the robbers robber's j He said there was a pistol in the main office but that it its vas s empty and that in the excite- excite t nent nt he forgot about it anyway From the description of the gunnan gun- gun tan nan an police expressed the belief it W iras s the same man who a week ago from the Coombs drug drugstore store tore South State street as that obber was described as having un- un uly ly red hair r he be gunman was described as beg beig beng be- be ng ig g between 29 and 30 years old 5 et 8 Inches tall ruddy complexion hin lips wearing a light tan cap 3 Jark rk trousers and dark zipper a ket IOn On the theory that a gang of robt rob rob- ers with headquarters In Ogden as s been coming to Salt Lake Lak City t lers o iY onstage stage the recent wave of holds hold- hold s Police Detectives Fred Lee and J. J Ferrin planned to go to Ogden quest of suspects